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The Ponape Sail Ship: A Dream of the Ocean (2020x6)

Air date: Mar 31, 2020

Ponape – The miniature miracle. No drawings, no building materials and no tools, only his own exceptionally exact recollections of previously built models and from his time on board, resulted in a unique work of art. What does a restless sailor do without his ship? He builds one. One of the world's most lifelike and fully functioning ship models was built under exceptional circumstances by Aland-born model builder and sea captain Runar Husell during his time as a prisoner of war during World War II. He had no drawings, no tools and no proper building materials, only his extraordinarily exact recollection of previous models he had built of the four-masted barque Ponape, as well as his memories from his time on board the ship. Still he created an unique work of art. There is nothing like it, experts say.